take something as readto accept that a report or statement is correct without reading it or discussing it 〔未经阅读或讨论而〕相信某事物是正确的 We’ll take the secretary’s report as read. 我们会认为秘书的报告不会有错。
take something as read• Let us take it as read that Hawkwind started quite a few trends in their time.
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